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Originally Posted by spence
Because you're benefiting from the system everybody contributes to. It takes a village Scott.
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All benefits from the system are not taxed. There are benefits given to those who don't even contribute to the system whose benefits are not taxed. Taxing some benefits would be considered by many to be onerous. Taxing some contributions to the system, such as investing, would be considered by some as creating a disincentive to contributing and therefor a possible subtraction from the value of the system. Even more so as the taxes rise.